Been in one of those zones where I get really preoccupied watching the news come in, but finding it difficult to summarize or work up anything particularly exciting to blog about. Luckily a lot of others are keeping it going in various places (thus, I spend too much time reading other people’s blogs!… but that’s ok too)… The Greek Uprising, or insurrection, is really inspiring. Here’s a link to a very intelligent summary/account of it from Pavlos Stavropolous who has been on the ground in the … [Read more...]
iZip Electric Bikes
iZip Street Enlightened Saw one of these in our local bike shop when we were in there picking up a new tube. It’s an iZip Street Enlightened - looks like a normal fast hybrid but the aero down tube is wrapped around a battery pack - a 24V / 10 AH Lithium-Ion pack for those of you feeling Techie. This powers it to 30kph(19mph) with a range of 50km (30 miles). It has a whole range of clever torque-sensing options so you can use it as anything from fully-electric to fully-pedal-powered depending … [Read more...]
First Fuel Cell Tractor to Make its Debut
The recent furore surrounding biofuels and the food vs. fuel arguments, has highlighted to the world how important industrialised agriculture is to maintaining a steady food supply, and how precious our bio-productive land is. When we start diverting land to producing stuff other than food there are serious issues to be considered in terms of equity and social and environmental sustainability. When looking at the "Energy Return vs. Energy Invested" of biofuels, another serious flaw was … [Read more...]
Bolivian government calls for Open Source Appropriate Technology
The following text on development in the context of climate change, by Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, contains 20 proposals, three of which are an undisguised call for the development of open and shared designs for appropriate technology. This is a great step forward towards peer to peer policy formulation. Evo Morales on technology transfer to developing countries: “13) Innovation and technology related to climate changes must be within the public domain, not under any private monopolistic … [Read more...]
In Debt We Trust
In America's earliest days, there were barn-raising parties in which neighbors helped each other build up their farms. Today, in some churches, there are debt liquidation revivals in which parishioners chip in to free each other from growing credit card debts that are driving American families to bankruptcy and desperation. IN DEBT WE TRUST is the latest film from Danny Schechter, "The News Dissector," director of the internationally distributed and award-winning WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception), … [Read more...]
What Would Jesus Buy?
An examination of the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse (the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt.) The film also delves into issues such as the role sweatshops play in America’s mass consumerism and Big-Box Culture. From the humble beginnings of preaching at his portable pulpit on New York City … [Read more...]
Curtis 50 Cent Jackson Community Garden Opening Celebration
(Photo by Joe Corrigan/Getty Images North America) On November 3, 2008, 50 Cent, along with New York Restoration Project founder Bette Midler, had the honor of celebrating the opening of the The Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Community Garden in Queens on 117-19 165th Street. A native of Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent and his G-Unity Foundation joined forces with NYRP to bring landscape architect Walter Hood’s designs to life in his old neighborhood as part of his personal mission to give back to the … [Read more...]
PhD Thesis – Urban agriculture and urban planning in Tanzania
Demolition of structures and urban agriculture lots on road reserves and harassment to smallholder farmers in road strips areas are common: Photos, January 2006 at Ubungo Darajani. Improving urban land governance with emphasis on integrating agriculture based livelihoods in spatial land use planning practise in Tanzania By Wakuru Magigi From Moshi (Tanzania) (2008) 200 pages (6MB) Abstract This study examines spatial land use planning and urban agriculture practises in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, … [Read more...]
Room to Grow: Participatory Landscapes and Urban Agriculture at New York University
By Adam Brock September, 2008 A research paper I (Adam Brock) wrote under supervision from NYU professor Natalie Jeremijenko in Summer 2008. The conclusion? It’s not lack of land that’s preventing us from growing food on campus - it’s the politics of centrally-controlled space. Abstract Urban Agriculture presents a promising means of addressing at least three critical issues facing cities: food security, ecological health, and community development. As an urban research university with an … [Read more...]
Links for December 1st to December 8th
These are my links for December 1st to December 8th: Increasing the sustainability of existing homes by sharing information, developing local action networks and facilitating co-operative buys. - The Eco-Renovation Network is a new and voluntary initiative. We want to encourage individuals to take action to increase the sustainability of their own homes. Our aim is to make it easier for people to find out and share information on eco-renovation and to reduce the costs to people through … [Read more...]
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